In plain English
These are concrete moments someone actually saw, not general impressions or personality labels. They describe what a person did in particular work situations, using real observed instances rather than broad summaries.
In context
Here, "behavioral examples" means the specific observed instances of a person's actions at work that are being requested to support a performance review rating.
- Situation
- Setting goals, receiving feedback, completing reviews, and discussing performance
- What it communicates
- requests observed-behavior support for review ratings.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not establish whether the observed actions were positive or negative, only that particular actions in work situations were observed.
Examples
“Instead of calling Maya "difficult," the supervisor gave behavioral examples from the shift, including interrupting customers and walking away from the till during a complaint.”
“For the annual review, the manager asked for behavioral examples to support each rating.”